Ss BR SES SEES NSE Se Sh Se THE RACKET © ¢ © AND 11 CRIDER EXCHANGE, Bellefonte, Penn’a. 0. ¥ Ww : : J $ PONT OAT AVANT, HT HT, HTD “MEET MEAT THE RACKET" Bellefonte's Biggest and Store. THE SITUATION IS PECULIAR Just now in merchandise, every in position to know, looks for a shu vance in many important NEAR FUTURE, and yet present prices are stubbornly lower than they have ever Cute buyers i t by sup- ont 1g their wants Now. ENR, Sak BOY'S KNEE PANTS For Summer—4 14 years—2 pair 25 cents, and a neat drab and striped duck a cents the need to keep School for want Hues been. will pt WY Piy to black No WASH GOODS 1 % scotch Lowns NORMAL SCHOLARSHIP 0000000000000 OOO0O0000000 The Centre Democrat, THURSDAY, JUNE {SCHOLARSHIP COUPON Name Cut this out, fill in name of some de- serving young lady or gentleman and send it to this office, where it will be counted. If held over thirty days will not be counted. ' 000000000000OOOO0000000000 THE COUNT Violette Wolf, Centre Hall Ida M. Showers, Zion Belle Shaffer, Nittany A. H. Corman, Marion twp, John Delaney, Howard, Mamie Bechdel, Blanchard leRoy Delong, Romola.... Mary Rumberger, Hublersburg E. Charles Housman, Penn Hall James Crader, Penn Hali.. Irvin J. Packer, Romola.. Flora Duck, Spring Mills. i... J. F. Rearick, Spring Mills WREKLY COUNT. The following is a list of the votes cast Surlot the past week:—Ida Show. ers, 215; Violetta Wolf, 407; We hereby certify that the above is a correct statement of the number of votes cast in the Scholarship Contest up to date, Wu. T. Rover, W. HARRISON WALKER, Bellefonte, Pa. , June 24, 1897. Busiest | (Continued from Ist page.) | 1854 ; Dr. J. P. Burchfield from 1852 the beginning of the school, to March 1855; the school in 1852, to Septerfiber 1854, with Judge David IL. Krebs' name first appears on the pro. gramme at the exhibition held on Sept. 30, 1857, and on the prog: one term out, amme of each | annual exhibition to and including the { one held in Sept. 15862 | STUDENTS AT THE REUNION i | On the day of the Reunion ar i { was opened for the name | nes y of all the for students of the who were the A | ’ Academy {in attendance. The f NIOWIn gy Hon Jas A Beaver, W H Bailey, Nannie Glenn, Wm H Fry, Sadie Gleun, BJ aport, Len B Laport, Alice Ross Weaver Miller, A H Smith, Milton Rider DW Woodring, FB Stover, |S Dr I. C Thomas, A J] Mattern, Bailey, J Hall Musser, A Ross Hou D I, Krebs, Thos Fortney, Sam’l F Rider, 1 | complete i |v | L I 1. ¢ ‘ Love, Gray, Kate C Krebs, DI Elder, ’ M A DH Weaver, J] K Bottorf, DH Elizabeth Miller, H S§ Laird, ie Louder, A G Archey, IL Ross Lytle, Etta Ross, B F Homan, W H Musser, S Shiffer Musser, GW Homan, Albert Smiltzer, Dr J E Ward, 2 Dann! Maggie Housman, ; Harter, Mrs Bell 8S Ward, CG W Rumber Jas H Carner, D A Grove, | H Ross, Jmer Ross, ley, ! ger, WELCOME AND hose who 18 that in welcome, | | at which given, Pine Grove Academy and was substantially the outgrowth of a | private school established in 1852. Hon | William Burchfield, William Murray and Thomas F. Patton, the first two of whom | had sons, and the third a nzphew, whom they desired to educate, and preferring to have their children under their own immediate care, and realizing not only the need, but the benefit a high grade school would be to the entire community, secured the services of Prof, C. B. Ward, an energetic, live, scholarly Jman, and opened a school for voung men and women, in the kitchen of an old building at that time, standing on the spot where Samuel Martz now lives. Thus, like very many of the good things of life, it came out of a kitchen. A large oak tree stood immediately in front, on which there was hung a bell, which called the students to their lessons, morning and afternoon. Both thetree and house long | ago disappeared. From this old house | the school was moved a little further east {into a large room om the second floor of what used to be a hotel, where it contin. ued until the fall of 1856. While in these buildings, covering a period of four years, the school was under the control of Prof, Ward for two years, and Campbell one {year and McKennon and Davis school term each. From the beginning, the school increas. | ed in numbers, and gained influence and power in the community. It very soon became apparent to the rugged, honest, heroic, thoughtful and intelligent yeomanry, who then peopled this town and the magnificent farms by which we we were students should SCNLNATY one school would be of endless advantage to ' them, and a glorious blessing to their children, Believing this, they pulled themselves together, and determined that the school should be continued, and a building pro- vided in which it could be housed. Hav. ing determined this, they organized a Joint Stock Company, purchased ground, and in the fall of 1855, commenced work on the building known to so many of us as the "Pine Grove Academy and Semi. nary.” There it stands! How many fond recollections cluster about it. I believe I am within the strict Hmits of truth when I say that, to this Joint Stock Company all the influential, progressive, Godfear- ing and educational loving citizens of the community belonged. This statement is | borne out by the names of the men who Hon. J. H. Osmer, from the beginning of Miller, ! | of are this day surrounded, and who had | sons and daughters to educate, that the | Daniel Moser, a man of great intellectual and spiritual power, a minister of the Lutheran congregation, not only of Pine Grove, but of Boalsburg, Houserville, Pine Hall, Gatesburg, the Seven Stars; who had ministered to this people a full generation or more, aggressive in all that pertained to the happiness, progress and welfare of the community, was President and also professor of the Ger- man language. J. BE. Thomas was secretary and John Archey was treasurer, These were the officers Then followed Thomas F. Patton, William Burchfield, George W. Meck, George Ard, Henry , James H. Mitchell, Wi Murray, Jacob Zimmerman, GG. Dannells David Krebs and Alexander Sample » building commenced in the 55, was completed and first of by the school wider the fessor]. BE a graduate of Jeffer- son College, of the term in 1856. There it his care, increasing in power, its influence, nany young within it until i when thought hooks, leave room, the happy loved of home Lrebs, St fall of charge of Pro opening continued und doing good to and men and $ and under its the the women influence, the War, s port 1 shock of the cng 18 1} + 1 was Frank Ze David Zentmyer, it 10 meet man hood, Nobler seldom A magnificent courteous in gallant in his bearing, and gentle in disposition woman, brave and courageous a man ¢ ever drew a sword Both of these men Army of the Union mn 1861 as members of the sth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Re. serve Corps. They were soldiers of which any army could be proud. After passing through all the hardships and battles of the Peninsula, and Antietam, they were wounded unto death at the | Battle of Fredericksburg, Frank having | already attained the rank of Major, These men were at the Academy in carly years of the administratiom of Professor Thomas. During the same | period, James W. Boal now an earnest and eloquent minister of the Gospel in | the Presbyterian church, located at Port Carbon, Pa., and John H. Harpster, D. D., a minister in the Lutheran church, and now a missionary under the care of | the church located at Guntur, India One or two Holts from Clearfield, John F, Potter once District Attorney of the county, Gibbony killed in the war and McMonigal from Mifflin county ] Of the other students down to about 1860, I personally knew but little. When I entered the school in the fall of 1860, I found there, David IL. Krebs, “Dave’’ we called him, ‘Judge’ we call him now, and well he deserves the title He was a great student always at | work, and this has been charactieistic | his professional and judicial life Jacob Rhone, the same who now con- | trols the school, Andrew Cooper now dead, David H. Weaver, now a merchant | in this place, John Shreffler, Jerome Meek, D. G, Meek, Frank Durst, W, H. Musser, who afterwards became the famous Corporal of the 45th Regiment P.V., James W. Lautimore, now living in the West, Luther C. Neff, Wigton and Johnson from Spruce Creek, Durbin Gray, Davis Rumberger, Joueph B. and Wilson P. Ard, '"Joe' and "“Wils" they were called, the one living nnd doing a prosperous business in this community, and the other practicing medicine in a distant part of the county. E.S. Dor. worth now practicing medicine in Belle. foute, noted for his ability to work with ease any problem in Greenltal’s Nation. al Arithmetic, Among the young women were, one, rhap4 two of Rev, Moser’s daughters, man of meanor, generous entered the i upied | phia., one or two Miss Dunlaps, Nicholas, one or two Miss Mussers., This was the term immediately follow- ing the election of Mr. Lincoln as Presi. dent of the United States, and towards spring secession began to raise its infer. nal head, the peace of the country was threatened, Some time during the month of February 1861, there was a meeting held in the school room of the Academy for the purpose of tendering to the Governor of the state, the service, in case it was needed, of the Company of Militia commanded by Capt. James Dun. lap. Luther C. Neff, tudents, made the speech of the ed afterwards, whe Mary one of the occasion n the shock came, the mili olution, front Neff was ¢ |} 00d o1 {but among them were William {their country, but among { wounded at Chancellorsvil ise Thomas, Mary Moore now the brought | t ally hanged dur what ext Many of the th from th unts S. M. Moore, th 3 rch, mad t only speech that was made, and the re the school days of a large num ber of as noble young men as ever li closed § Re Presbyter chu Lg 5 rever 1 at schoolroom, the and we The next moming we all assemble the regular hour in the roll was called, prayer was had, separated never to all meet again Rev S. M. Moore was there and took charge those who remained As the boys who has enlisted with the professor walk. ed out of the room, every young woman brought ber handkerchief to her face, and it has always been doubtful to my mind, whether they were crying after the young men who left, or the professor. Those who had enlisted immediately scattered to their homes to say farewell of to fond parents and loved friends, and hastened to the front I do not now have certainly the names of all the students who enlisted that night; Bible, Allen B. Cross, H. C. Campbell, William Gemmill 8S. P. Lansberry, Frank Mattern, Frank Durst, John J. Fleming, David H. Weaver, Samuel Shavon,B. F. Bloom, C. A. Ramsey, J. Shirey, C. D.Runkle,P. 8 Imboden, I. F. Fortney, these were at least most, who were then in actual at. tendance upon the school. With them, however, enlisted quite a number of young men who had been students at the Aca. demy at previous sessions I have already mentioned as among the heroes this little school gave to the country, the Zentmyers, Nefl and Daniel CG. Musser. I cannot now recall all who gave their lives, either on the battle field, or died from disease in the service of | the first to fall was William Bible, who was mortally lle. William H. Weaver, who after being wounded, perished in the fire which broke out in the woods on that terrible field, James | A. Murphy and B, F. Bloom. Bible was a man of most sterling worth, slow to | acquire knowledge, but with wonderful capacity to hold on, He could be trust. ed with any undertaking. Accomplish it he would, if it was within range of | ponsiuiiny. I cannot go over the entire ist, Some were wounded, some died of | disease resulting from the service, some were killed in other battles ; those who escaped or who were wounded and re. covered and are here, must speak for themselves, As 1 proceeded yon have observed that special mention has been made of a num. ber of students, young men both dead and living who or became promi. nent figures in life. I have no disposition There was Sallie Adams, and the nor should they be, Nicholas, now Mrs, | mother I think, of seven children, noted for her sprightly disposition and brilliant conversational powers, There were the four daughters of Rev, Moser, one or the other of whom was in the school from about 1853 to 1864 or 65, who are remem. bered by all who ever were students at the Academy, as the brightest, best, most thoroughty educated yoang women the entire community, In this they were prepared to teach, and tl qualifications were such that they could command a school as where. Then to help advise and how, ) any ume ana § $i (and they they were always on | 1 ug when made for a publi the vills th weir 3 where rom ith of A ¢ Ai { OT th ather, the A ne oon Or BA teaching, Fivine giving 1 y 1e foundation and struction, isses Thomas, | Mc Kennon, 1 —————— am not fitted to speak, as I kuew neither of them personally, I have no doubt, like Thomas, they all builded much higher and did much more good than they realized at the time With one of Professor Ward's students, it has been my lot to be acquainted since 1862. 1 saw him first in the uniform A a colonel taking command of a regiment ; and frequently + with earn. peech borne + man, the { : ny r worth made on | thful YCal AIM S > 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ALLEGHEN ONE GREAT BlG w ¥ ds ¥ ™ » ¥ * - » SE00000000000000000R00SINININIRNRNNNRRORRNRNRNRRRORRRRRRRRRRONS pdt hd LL LLL Y STREET, BELLEFONTE, - . PA,